Ironing-board.



l I Patented lune l0, I902, (L'W. PARSONS & C. B. KAI

IRONING BUABD.

' (Application filed Apr. 16, 1901.) v

(llo'llodeL) UNITED STATES PATENT rics.

CIIAT'PLES W. PARSONS AND CHARLES E. KAIN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA.

IRONING-BOARD.

SPECIFIGATIONforming' art of Letters Patent No. 702,069

, dated June re, 1902,

Application filed April 16, 1901. Serial No. 56,050. (No medal.)

To all whom it mdy concern. I Be it known that we,- CHARLES-W. PAR- sons and CHARLES B. KAIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia,

gcounty of Philadelphia, and State of Penn'- sylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Boards, of.

whichthe following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a new and useful to improvement in ironing-boards, and'has for its object to provide a bracket which can be clamped to a table, window-sill, or other con venient place, and upon this bracket can'be secured ironing-boards of different forms. I These ironing-boards are easily interchangeable,and Whenfreinoved from the bracket both they and the bracket can be stored in any convenient place. V j

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and com-' bination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains' may under- 2 5 stand how to make and use the same, the con-.

struction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- 0 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bracket which is adapted to be attached to the table or other object. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment secured to the under side of an ironing board, which attachment is adapted to be secured upon the bracket. Fig. 3 is an attachment adapted to be secured at the rear of the-bracket, upon which the iron rests when not in use. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the bracket with the board attached thereto; and Fig.5 is a side elevation of the bracket attached to a table, a portion of the ironing-board and its attachment being in section.

In carrying out our invention as here embodied, A is a bracket, which has a forwardlyextending jaw B. This jaw is adapted to rest upon the upper surface of a table or other convenient place to-which the bracket is attached. A projection 0 extends forward from thelower end of the bracket, and through thisprojection is threaded a. screw-rod D, which has a swiveled nut E upon its upper end, which is adapted to engage'theunder side surface of the table or other object to which the bracket is attached: 5 5 I F is a hand-wheel secured to the lower cnd of the screw-rod D for the purpose of facilitating the turning of said screw-rod.

- The upper portion of the bracket A is formed with a gooseneck-shaped portion G, 6e and the end of this curved portion Ghas formed upon each side studs I I is the ironing-board, which has secured to the underside of one end ofthe same the attachment J. This attachment consists of a fiat plate K, which has formed with it the hook-shaped portions L for the purpose of securing the ironing-board to the bracket A. When secured to the bracket, the hooks L lie upon each side of the nose Mof the goose- 7o neck portion G and the hooks engage'the studs H upon theirunder side and the flat plate K rests upon the upper surface N of then'ose M. Thus the ironing-board is held in the position shown in Fig. 5. As the hooks lie closely upon each side of the nose M, sidewise movement of the'board is pre-' vented. Formed with and extending rearwardly from the bracket A is a projection O, which has formed with it upon each side the studs P.

Q'is an attachment which consists of a flat plate R, upon the upper surface of which is secured'a small platform S. Formed with and extending downwardly and forward from the fiat plate R are two hooks T. These hooks T are adapted to straddlei the projection 0 and engage the studs P upoifeach side thereof. The under sideiof the flat plate R rests upon the upper surface U of the projec- 0 tion 0, and thus supports the platform S in a horizontal position. This platform is for the purpose of placing an iron upon when'said iron is out. of use. 7

It is ourintention to use a different-shaped 95 ironing-boardfor dinerent purpo'ses-suchas, for instance, a long tapering board for ironing skirts and the like, a'small tapering board for ironing sleeves, and also a board espe-' cially suited for ironing shirt-bosoms, and zoo lit any other form of board can be used wh ch 1 would bebetter adapted for some special purposes. Each of these boards would have secured upon its under side the attachment J, and when it is desired to change one board for another it is simply necessary to lift the board up and disengage the hooks from the studs II, when the board can be easily re moved.

It is obvious that instead of having the jaw and screw-rod which clamp the bracket to the table extend forward they may extend rearwardly, in which case the bracket could be fastened toawindow-si1l or ashelf extending outward from the wall, or the jaws could extend sidewise from the bracket, so that it could be attached to the side of a table instead of the end.

Of course we do not wish to be limited to the exact construction here shown, as slight modifications could be made without departi ing transversely below the nose of the bracket,

ing from the spirit of our invention.

all y described our invention, what we claim as new and useful is- In an ironing-board, an approximately C- shaped bracket having a nose, means for securing the bracket to a support, studs extendthe upper surface of a plate having hooks thereon slightly separated to embrace the nose of the bracket, said hooks engaging the sides of the nose to prevent sidewise displacement 0" the board and said hooks projecting outwardly and slightly downwardly to engage the studs of the nose.

In testimony whereot we have hereunto affixed our signatures in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES W. PARSONS. CHARLES B. KAIN.

Witnesses: m

MARY E. HAMER, L.- W.. 1\IORRISON;

Iaving thus 

